Word: pacs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under fire, Mondale orders some PAC money returned...
...noisy debate over the delegate committees and their PAC money at times threatened to submerge the substantive issues of the campaign. The amount of money in dispute is probably no more than $500,000; Mondale is expected to spend a total of $24.2 million before the convention. But more than technicalities were involved. The controversy undercut the pledge Mondale made early in his candidacy that he would not accept PAC contributions and raised anew questions about how beholden he is to organized labor. Mondale took the matter so seriously that when Colorado Senator Gary Hart began taunting...
...clear that the Mondale committees were far from independent operations. Most were spawned by a memo sent in January by Elaine Kamarck, a Mondale coordinator, to potential Mondale delegates offering assistance to those who wished to form local fund-raising units. Kamarck noted that while Mondale himself had called PAC contributions improper for a presidential candidate, the delegate committees "may make their own decision." Critics charge that this was an open invitation for committees to seek hefty donations from labor-union PACs. Many delegate groups did: of the contributions to committees recorded so far, more than 80% came from labor...
...most dangerous potential threat to American software manufacturers, surprisingly, has not materialized. While the Japanese are making initial forays into the hardware side of personal computers in the U.S., the only major Japanese software export hits have been games like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Concedes Hisao Ishihara, managing director of the Japan Software Industry Association in Tokyo, which represents nearly 200 companies: "The number and variety of Japanese products are indeed behind American ones, and our industry will
...audience of about 200 was roused to its only round of applause in the calm debate when Connolly challenged Bartley about money he received from political action committees (PACs) while serving as Speaker of the House. Bartley has said his campaign will not accept PAC money this year...